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    <td><p>To import an image displayed in background of the home plan and speed up the <a href="drawingWalls.html">drawing of walls</a>,
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          background image...</i>.<br>
          This menu displays a wizard that helps you to choose and scale an image file in a few steps. </p>
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            <td><img src="../images/importingBackgroundStep1.png" alt="Step 1"></td>
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            <td nowrap><p>1.</p>
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            <td><p>Drag and drop the file of an image in the  frame shown in the wizard, or click on <i>Choose image</i> and
                choose a BMP, JPEG, GIF or PNG file.</p>
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            <td><p>Once the image is loaded, click on <i>Continue</i>.</p>
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            <td nowrap><p>3.</p>
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            <td><p>Define the scale of the image by moving the end points of the colored line drawn in the image, in such
                a way  that this line matches a known length. Then type the real length of this line in the <i>Length of
                the drawn line</i> field taking care of the current unit, and click on <i>Continue</i>.</p>
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            <td nowrap><p>4.</p>
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            <td><p>Define the origin of the image in the plan, i.e. the point in the image matching the point (0, 0) in the
                home plan. Then click on <i>Finish</i>.</p>
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    <td><p>Once the background image wizard is closed, your image will appear   behind the home plan grid, and you can start
        <a href="drawingWalls.html">drawing the walls</a> of your home.</p>
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            <td align="center" valign="top">Before drawing the walls</td>
            <td align="center" valign="top">After drawing home walls<br>
              and placing home doors and windows</td>
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              <p>&#149;</p>
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              <p>To define precisely the scale of the background image, enlarge the background image wizard pane.</td>
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              <p>&#149;</p>
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              <p>Avoid importing a too large file.</td>
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            <td><p>&#149;</p></td>
            <td><p>When you import a scanned image of your home plan, ensure  the image is correctly rotated. A rotation
              of only one degre make you lose the alignment between image borders and some walls.</td>
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              <p>&#149;</p>
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              <p>Each <a href="addingLevels.html">level</a> in a home can have its own background image.</td>
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              <p>The unit displayed by default in background image wizard  depends on your country. You may
              switch to Centimeter, Meter, Millimeter  or Inch in the <a href="editingPreferences.html">preferences</a> pane. </td>
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